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(No Model.)

C. ODAY.

r BU8TLE. No. 382,378. Patented May 8, 1888.

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CHARLOTTE ODAY, OF DENVER, COLORADO, ASSIGNOR TO CHARLOTTE ABAIR, OFSAME PLACE.

FBUSTLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 382,378, dated May 8,1888.

Application filed August 10, 1887. Serial No. 246,580. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLOTTE ODAY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Denver, in the county of Arapahoe and State of 0010 rado,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bustles; and I dodeclare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descrip tion of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of referencemarked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to bustles which are used as attachments todresses.

The object of my invention is to provide a cheap, strong, and durablebustle, which may be placed in dresses, and which will hold the draperyof the back of the skirt in the proper position without inconvenience tothe wearer. I accomplish this object by the mechanism illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a viewin perspective of theback braces and one of the waist spirals, the other being broken away.Fig. 2 is a side view of a portion of one of the waist spirals and alsoone of the back braces, showing the manner in which they are pivotedtogether. Fig. 3 is a view of the lower end of the left-hand back brace,showing the manner and means of attaching the adjusting-tapes. Fig. 4.is a view of Fig. 2, looking from left to right, showing a portion ofthe spiral brace. view of my entire device. Fig. 6 is a sec tional viewof Fig. 3 on the line 00 cc. Fig. 7 is a side view of a form with mydevice in place on the same, with the back drapery of the skirt restingon the bustle, which drapery is shown in section. Fig. 8 is a view ofadress skirt turned inside out, showing the manner of attaching thebustle to the same. Fig. 9 is a back view of a form with my deviceattached, showing its proper position while be ing worn.

In the drawings, a represents the right-hand back brace, and arepresents the left-hand back brace.

12 represents the right-hand waist spiral,and b represents the left-handwaist spiral.

Fig. 5 is a top The bustle being constructed of two sections, each thesame as the other,with the exception that the spirals are wound inopposite directions, I will proceed to describe one section constructedas I prefer to make them. I take a thin flat spring of any suitablematerial and form a cone-shaped spiral. I then attach to this spiral,either inside or outside, a brace, c, (which attachment may be made withrivets, eyelets, sewing, or other well-known means; but I prefer to useeyelets, as shown in Fig. 4, marked (1, which enable the dressmaker tosew the bustle to the fabric of which the skirt is constructed bypassing the thread through the eyelet.) The brace a, being firmly fixedto each coil of the spring or waist spiral, holds the same in position,and this brace being fiexible,it readily conforms to the shape of thewaist of the wearer, and as the coils of the spiral increase in size asthey re-' cede toward the back they hold the dressskirt in the desiredposition at the point marked c, Fig. 7. I then pivot a back brace to thespiral at f. This back brace is con structed of a flexible spring and isprovided with holes 9 and g, through which the brace may be sewed to theskirt. A spring or an elastic tape, i, is fixed to the lower ends of theback braces by sewing, or, preferably, by an eyelet, h, as showns inFigs. 3and 6. To the inner end of this spring or tape is attached atape, i, which is to be tied to the opposite corresponding tape on theother back brace after the two braces (which are attached to the skirt)are adjusted to give the required fullness to the skirt in the back. Theback braces are also provided with tapes and elastic tapes or springs,as before described, attached near or at the holes 9. The use of thesetapes and the pivoted joints at f are for the purpose of allowing theback braces, a and a, to turn to the position shown in dotted lines,Fig. 5, when the wearer is sitting and the back of the chair or sofacomes in contact with the dress, forcing the braces to the positionshown. The springs or tapesi are then expanded, and

when the wearer arises the springs or tapes contract and leave thedrapery in the proper position.

If it is desired, a flexible fiat or coil spring,

j, may be attached to the lower ends of the back braces for the purposeof holding in position that portion of the skirt intermediate betweenthe back braces.

5 Having now fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

In a bustle attachment for dresses, the double sections consisting ofthe cone-shaped 1o spirals b and b and outwardly and down-I wardlycurved back braces, a and a, pivoted to the inner ends of the respectivespirals, in combination with the contracting-tapes, substantiall y asdescribed. 7

In testimony whereof I have affix my signar5 ture in presence of twowitnesses.

CHARLOTTE ODAY. Witnesses:

H. W. ARNOLD, B. L. PoLLooK.

